# Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy at Industrial Divers Corp. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021087445` · 8/30/2021 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to change in water pressure
- **Source:** Water pressure-high or low
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Divers Corp. Inc.
- **Location:** Off shore, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33316
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on his second SCUBA dive of the day, stacking tires for removal from the seabed of a failed artificial reef. He developed vertigo and nausea, which worsened when he surfaced. He was hospitalized, suffering from decompression sickness.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*